Warde zinc at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$674.76

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$674.76

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.57 with Amerigroup vs $674.76 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerigroup CHIP $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $9.57 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $9.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.34 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.53 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.53 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $10.53 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.53 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $10.53 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $11.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.39 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.39 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $11.39 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.39 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $11.39 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $11.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $11.39 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $11.39 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $11.49 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $11.50 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $11.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.62 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $11.73 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $11.73 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.96 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $11.96 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $11.96 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.96 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.96 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.96 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.96 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.96 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.96 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.96 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.07 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.07 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.33 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $12.42 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $12.42 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $12.42 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.84 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $13.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $13.73 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $14.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $16.26 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.09 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.09 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.09 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.09 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.09 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.93 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $20.39 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $21.64 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.55 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $22.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $22.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.92 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $25.06 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $25.51 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $25.51 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $29.61 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $45.66 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $45.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $47.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $47.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.23 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $51.03 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $51.03 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.03 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $64.54 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $91.09 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $94.47 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $114.03 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $165.32 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $174.09 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $202.43 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $202.43 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $228.07 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $269.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $279.35 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $303.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $303.64 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $303.64 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $337.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $340.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $371.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $371.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $371.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $371.12 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $391.36 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $396.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $396.76 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $438.59 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $472.33 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $472.33 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $506.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $506.07 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $506.07 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $539.81 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $539.81 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $573.55 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $674.76 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $674.76 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $674.76 ↑ +0%

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